How the Syrian revolt went so horribly, tragically wrong

March 12, 2016 10:31 PM

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GAZIANTEP, TURKEY — To get rid of one bad man, you open the door to many.

He failed. A man who had thrown himself into a struggle against a dictatorial government was threatened, harassed and eventually detained six months later by the Islamic State. He has not been seen or heard from since.